Islamabad vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$199	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$971
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	69	29
😀 Quality of life	49	44
🏙️ Population	1.01M	6.17M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 42% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 8870th and 6647th ($442 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 39th in Pakistan and China, respectively. Check Pakistan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 6313th and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Maoming

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	Islamabad	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$17434

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936